Game 9: Flyers – Rangers GAMEDAY

With Henrik Lundqvist hurt and Marty Biron retired, Cam Talbot will make his NHL debut tonight against the Flyers. (USA TODAY Images)

Tonight: New York Rangers (2-5-0) at Flyers (1-7-0)

Site: Wells Fargo Center

Time: 7 p.m.

TV: Comcast SportsNet (Jim Jackson & Keith Jones)

Radio: 97.5, The Fanatic (Tim Saunders & Chris Therien)

Last game: Yet again, the Flyers crumbled in the third period. Every game this season has been within one goal for the Flyers at the second intermission. Two third-period goals helped the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-1 win last Thursday.

FLYERS NOTES

The Flyers are coming off six days of practice since their last game. Will it help? “I guess we’ll see,” captain Claude Giroux said. … Returning to the lineup is Vinny Lecavalier. Naturally a center, Lecavalier will shift to the right wing so he can play on Giroux’s line. … The Flyers have the league’s third-worst power play at 9.7 percent. The power play is 1 for its last 21 and has a league-worst three goals on the man advantage. … Kimmo Timonen was recently demoted from the first to the second power-play unit. He was third among defensemen last year with 17 power-play points, but has no points on the season through eight games. … The Flyers loaned Kris Newbury to the AHL Adirondack Phantoms Wednesday, marking the return of Lecavalier. It will be interesting to whether Michael Raffl or Tye McGinn goes back to the Phantoms whenever Scott Hartnell recovers from his upper-body injury.

RANGERS NOTES

All the talk this week has been about goalie Henrik Lundqvist, who hasn’t practiced since a 4-0 loss to the New Jersey Devils Saturday. The team is calling Lundqvist’s injury a “minor issue” and although he will be in Philadelphia tonight, he won’t play or back up. Goalie Cam Talbot will make his NHL debut. … Forwards Brendan Mashinter and Chris Kreider will make their season debuts for the Rangers. … This is the second to last game on a nine-game roadtrip to start the year for the Rangers. They haven’t played at home due to renovations at Madison Square Garden. … The Rangers are tied with the Flyers for the fewest goals in the league with 11, although the Blueshirts have played one fewer game than the Flyers.

INJURIES

Flyers: LW Scott Hartnell is expected out two to four weeks with an upper-body injury suffered Oct. 11 against the Phoenix Coyotes … D Marc-Andre Bourdon is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely with post concussion syndrome … D Chris Pronger is also on injured reserve and will miss the entire season with post-concussion syndrome.

Rangers: RW Ryan Callahan broke his left thumb Oct. 17 and is expected out for three weeks … LW Carl Hagelin had left shoulder surgery at the beginning of the month and is on injured reserve … LW Rick Nash is on injured reserve with a concussion … G Henrik Lundqvist is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury the team is calling a “minor issue.”

THE WEEK AHEAD

Friday: practice at Skate Zone, 12 p.m.

Saturday: Flyers at New York Islanders, 7 p.m.

Sunday: practice at Snider Rink, 12 p.m.

Monday: practice at Skate Zone, 11 a.m.

Tuesday: Anaheim Ducks at Flyers, 7 p.m.

Wednesday: day off

Thursday: practice at Skate Zone, 11 a.m.

About Dave Isaac

Dave Isaac joined the Courier-Post in April 2012 after covering the Flyers for the past three seasons. Follow Dave on Twitter @davegisaac.

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Dave Isaac joined the Courier-Post in April 2012 after covering the Flyers for the past three seasons. He graduated from Temple University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
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